Basics of research methods for criminal justice and criminology
By: Michael G. Maxfield, Earl Babbie.
Contributors: Babbie, Earl R.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780495503859
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research -- Methodology; Criminology -- Research -- Methodology
Other titles: Criminal justice and criminology; Research methods for criminal justice and criminology
Table of contents: title: Criminal justice and scientific inquiry; title: Theory and ethics in criminal justice research; title: General issues in research design; title: Concepts, operationalization, and measurement; title: Experimental and quasi-experimental designs; title: Overview of data collection and sampling; title: Survey research and other ways of asking questions; title: Field research; title: Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data; title: Evaluation research and policy analysis; title: Interpreting data.